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The bloodshed in Iran and Iraq are shining examples of the extremes of what can happen.

That leaves me scratching my head. I know that Iraq is a mess, but how is that because of diversity, or lack of it?

And about Iran. There's bloodshed there?

The link I can see is when some religious/ethnic group has disproportionate representation in government.

I'm suspecting parent is referring to the Iran-Iraq War, though I may be mistaken.

But that war had nothing to do with diversity. It was, in a sense, one of our proxy wars, when Saddam was our bastard.